Posted on Dec 04, 2013 Mary Landrieu and the Louisiana Democratic Party are pulling out all of the stops to repair the damage done in the wake of Obamacareís train wreck.

As for Louisiana residents, the news only gets worse. As Democrats try and backtrack on Obamacare, weíre learning just how disastrous Obamacare is for Louisiana seniors and those on Medicare.

ďMary Landrieuís deciding vote for Obamacare will directly result in nearly $9.8 billion in cuts to Medicare from Louisiana,Ē said LAGOP spokesperson Ryan Cross. (Robert A. Book and Michael Ramlet, ďWhat Is The Regional Impact Of The Medicare Fee-For-Service And Medicare Advantage Payment Reductions?Ē Carlson School Of Management, September 2012; CMS Website, www.cms.gov, Accessed 9/17/13)

According to the New York Daily News, ďdue to reductions in funding under the law, the Medicare Advantage programs, in which Medicare provides money for private insurers to cover seniors, have quietly started to cancel the contracts of providers to save money.

An article by The Wall Street Journal points out that doctors are already being cut from Medicare Advantage plans because of the Administrationís cuts to the program.

Despite this fact, Mary Landrieuís liberal allies are once again distorting the truthto allege that congressional Republicans who supported the Budget written by Paul Ryan in the House of Representatives also supported the Medicare cuts contained in ObamaCare.

Democrats cut into Medicare by more than $700 billion to help pay for ObamaCare. Taking funding from a crucial safety net program to pay for the Presidentís failing healthcare reform law is nonsensical policy that not only jeopardizes the long term solvency of Medicare for those approaching their sixties, but worsens Americaís fiscal health by using blatant budget gimmicks to claim that the Affordable Care Act is actually Affordable.

The Republican budget, passed in the House, uses that money to ensure the solvency of Medicare and institute other essential reforms. In fact, the Ryan budget even contained a deficit neutral reserve fund designed specifically to deal with the access problems that might result because of the presidentís dangerous Medicare cuts (see page 135).Ē

ďMary Landrieuís vote for Obamacare is causing Louisiana residents to lose their private health insurance, hurting senior citizens and cutting Medicare by more than $700 billion to help pay for it,Ē Cross said. ďThis is liberal deception and fiscal irresponsibility at its finest.Ē

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meemoon

Landrieu is a (actually,the only) politician for whom I feel some sympathy.Being from the SOUTH,I have a natural considerartion for any woman in trouble.

She seems like a smart lady and may have been able to dig her way outta the hole she jumped into. But the land is awash with the flotsam,bilge,and jetsam that WAS Obamacare and it fills her pit faster than she can possibly shovel it out.

Holder was VERY active in rigging the LA vote in the last polls and his utter disappearance should tell her something. She is truly on her own.

SSC

She cast the final passing vote for Obamacare, she comes from a long line of politicians her father Moon was once mayor of NO now her brother is mayor. She has gotten very unpopular with her obvious siding with Obama she even hitched a ride to NO a few weeks back on air force 1 with Obama but not to appear with him she had a fund raiser of her own to go to.I think she is doomed in politics in La. I do not see a win for her in 2014.

SSC

I agree Moon from the very beginning we stood against Obama and the Dem tactics, well now the prophecy is coming true with a vengeance and it is crippling this whole country.I heard this morning hints the stock market may begin a spiral downwards. Thank god I had already moved my stocks to overseas investments and they are secure. Obama is doing so much behind closed doors that is killing us even more. I heard rumors of gun grabbing in Florida but not sure of the truth in it yet with the UN arms deal.